# William Gray

William, Willie, Bill, or Billy Gray may refer to:

## Arts and entertainment

* William S. Gray (film editor) (1896–1946), American film editor
* Billy Gray (comedian) (1904–1978), American comedian, comedy club owner, and actor
* Billy Gray (actor) (born 1938), American actor who portrayed teenager Bud Anderson on TV's Father Knows Best

## Politics and law

* William Gray (Massachusetts politician) (1750–1825), American politician and merchant
* William Gray (Conservative politician) (1814–1895), British mill owner and Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolton 1857–1874
* William Gray (Canadian politician) (1862–1916), politician in Ontario, Canada
* William Gray (Lord Provost) (1928–2000), Lord Provost of Glasgow, 1972–1975
* William Gray (New Mexico politician) (born 1940), American state legislator in New Mexico
* William B. Gray (1942–1994), American attorney and politician
* William Bain Gray, British colonial administrator and civil servant
* William E. Gray, state legislator in Arkansas
* William H. Gray (Mississippi politician) (1841–1919), Baptist minister and state legislator in Mississippi
* William H. Gray (Oregon politician) (1810–1889), American pioneer of Oregon Country
* William H. Gray III (1941–2013), American Democrat from Pennsylvania
* Wilfred James "Bill" Gray, Australian government official, specialist in Aboriginal matters
* William Percival Gray (1912–1992), U.S. federal judge

## Religion

* William Gray (priest) (1874–1960), Anglican clergyman
* William Crane Gray (1835–1919), American religious figure; first bishop of the Episcopal Church's Missionary Jurisdiction
** SS William Crane Gray, a Liberty ship
* William Henry Gray (1825–1908), Scottish minister

## Sports
### American football

* Bill Gray (offensive lineman) (1922–2011), American offensive lineman for the Washington Redskins
* Bill Gray (Canadian football) (fl. 1960s), Canadian football running back
* Bill Gray (American football coach) (fl. 1990s–2000s), American football and tennis coach

### Baseball

* Bill Gray (baseball) (1871–1932), American Major League Baseball player, 1890–1898
* Dolly Gray (baseball) (William Denton Gray, 1878–1956), American Major League Baseball pitcher for the Washington Senators, 1909–1911
* Willie Gray (fl. 1920–1937), American baseball player

### Other sports

* William Gray (jockey) (fl. 1870), British Champion flat jockey
* William Gray (cricketer) (1864–1898), English cricketer
* Bill Gray (footballer) (1882–1916), Scottish footballer with Partick Thistle and Southampton in the 1900s
* Bill Gray (rugby union), (1932–1993), New Zealand rugby union player
* Billy Gray (footballer) (1927–2011), English footballer
* Billy Gray (horse trainer) (died 2016), horse trainer

## Writing and academics

* William Forbes Gray (1874–1950), Scottish journalist and author
* William G. Gray (1913–1992), English occultist, author and mystic
* William M. Gray (1929–2016), American professor of atmospheric science
* William S. Gray (1885–1960), American academic, authority on the teaching of reading

## Other fields

* William John Gray, 13th Lord Gray (1754–1807), Scottish nobleman and soldier
* W. H. Gray (William Henry Gray, 1808–1896), pioneer colonist of South Australia
* William Gray (inventor) (1850–1903), American inventor and entrepreneur, inventor of the payphone and the baseball chest protector
* William Gray (architect) (1851–1927), American architect
* William Gray (RAF officer) (1898–?), First World War flying ace
* one of the founders of William Gray & Company, a British shipbuilding company, established in 1863
* Bill Gray, co-founder (with his wife) of Bill Gray's, an American chain of fast-food restaurants based in New York State